tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post1360209254763533913..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: Job Search - Part OneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-3497411809656327902012-08-21T11:37:18.703-05:002012-08-21T11:37:18.703-05:00Lee,
Thanks, and welcome.Lee,<br /><br />Thanks, and welcome.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-82608329528631323772012-08-21T01:39:29.198-05:002012-08-21T01:39:29.198-05:00Nice and interesting post to read on Job Search.Nice and interesting post to read on <a href="http://www.myekalb.com/help" rel="nofollow">Job Search</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241112810402758826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-86148306071572200342012-08-06T14:35:33.472-05:002012-08-06T14:35:33.472-05:00Hey WHD check out my first blog http://paridisegar...Hey WHD check out my first blog http://paridisegardens.blogspot.com/ I also put a short video of the aforementioned thunderstorm. I think I'd better start getting my boys used to a postpeak lack of conveniences. You know you're a zombie when the highlight of your kids week is a trip to Target and the highlight of your wife and your week is a trip to Costco.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-20662472673971784762012-08-06T13:21:40.290-05:002012-08-06T13:21:40.290-05:00Tim,
Bummer.Tim,<br /><br />Bummer.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-28846714074868928992012-08-05T10:47:30.375-05:002012-08-05T10:47:30.375-05:00Well I loaded up the family and drove the 50 miles...Well I loaded up the family and drove the 50 miles to the Faeries fest to see Magic Mama perform. The boys were dubious about a faeries fest but warmed up to it when they saw the homemade swords and shields and crossbows for sale. Magic Mama was about a minute into her first song when the severe thunderstorm hit. High winds and torrential rain sent everyone scattering for cover.We made it to the car drenched to the bone and hightailed it back to our air conditioning, television, and video games. Never even got to say hello to her and introduce ourselves. Oh well.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-90901227253457782922012-08-03T21:25:18.383-05:002012-08-03T21:25:18.383-05:00Tim,
If I were near, I'd take that offer up f...Tim,<br /><br />If I were near, I'd take that offer up for sure. If you get to see Magic Mama, there, your kids will have a funky new view of the world. So will you, no doubt. Let her know I said Hi, if you make it. Let me know how it was. My best...William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-893341872982330492012-08-03T13:58:26.614-05:002012-08-03T13:58:26.614-05:00WHD, The food forest whisperer (like luciddreams z...WHD, The food forest whisperer (like luciddreams zombie whisperer) is a great idea for a business, with families falling out of the consumer paridigm and distaste growing with the industrial food chain, I can see a demand. As I mentioned in a previous post I lost my job of 26 years last fall and am staying home with the kids with dreams of turning my suburban acre into a food forest. I've discovered its a lot of labor, I'd hire you in an instant! Anyway, on a lighter note; I see Magic Mama is playing this weekend at the faeries festival in South Elgin Il. thats about 30 miles from us. I'm hoping to take the kids. Ive wanted to see her perform since reading your books. Peace,TimTim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-4313659177652870472012-08-02T09:19:27.566-05:002012-08-02T09:19:27.566-05:00Trees,
On the first link, Garden Beds and Food Fo...Trees,<br /><br />On the first link, Garden Beds and Food Forests, you'll find an email. Make a connection and perhaps if I make it down south on a mushroom or parsnip hunting trip, we can check in. Thanks.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-57493563469683384052012-08-02T08:37:59.173-05:002012-08-02T08:37:59.173-05:00love your work. you remind me of some dear friend...love your work. you remind me of some dear friends i wish i could still live close to. they understand the muck of the world, but have the ferocious courage to still enjoy their lives in the face of it all. beautiful. i'm in a close knit little community just south of rochester... the community on a larger scale is beginning to discuss "leaning into change" ..which is a tip-toed way of saying 'shtf' days... just makes me glad i have a guy like you to follow online...knowing we're in the same region is reassuring for some reason. thank you for your thoughts.trees-are-the-answerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565076846531030672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-65898230897116458902012-08-01T17:37:08.026-05:002012-08-01T17:37:08.026-05:00John,
Oops. My bad. But that's more like it, ...John,<br /><br />Oops. My bad. But that's more like it, six weeks than six months. I was like, how...William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-22781832272535599802012-08-01T15:28:12.983-05:002012-08-01T15:28:12.983-05:00Um, I said six weeks, not six months, and that inc...Um, I said six weeks, not six months, and that included the two weeks of training. I didn't make $1600 on my best week.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-85144250478959158262012-08-01T15:03:06.099-05:002012-08-01T15:03:06.099-05:00Tim,
There is one job possibility that would elev...Tim,<br /><br />There is one job possibility that would elevate the work that I am doing to an entirely different level. More on that in Part Two.<br /><br />Martin,<br /><br />I put feelers out, about a gardening business. A month on Craigslist, a few weeks with flyers, and the response was exactly zero. I need a job now to prepare for the winter. This winter I'll reevaluate, about a business. Eventually, if I have a business, it will be based on whether or not I'm able to do to my house what I imagine, taking it of the grid. That could be big business, someday. I need to do it to a house first, though, starting with my own. If I do that, I imagine I'll have all the business I can handle.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-69422461588440413272012-08-01T14:21:27.215-05:002012-08-01T14:21:27.215-05:00Hi William -
I sincerely wish you luck in your jo...Hi William -<br /><br />I sincerely wish you luck in your job search, and I understand the need to have income, but I also agree with Tim and would encourage you to start your own business - if you can, and at least on a part-time basis - along with hiring on somewhere. That way, when the 'job' evaporates (and it likely will) you'll have the business built to a point that may be able to sustain you.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410439088299142773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-62121132724826197842012-08-01T13:51:20.235-05:002012-08-01T13:51:20.235-05:00Well I would say good luck in the job search but I...Well I would say good luck in the job search but I think it would be a shame to see you go back into their matrix. I would think your skills will be in demand in whatever the sustainable, post industrial society we create turns out to be. You should be working towards that now. Of course you have to make money in the mean time, I guess thats how the industrialists and financiers planned it, diabolical actually. Anyway as more people start looking for another way perhaps you can make a living carrying the torch for us to follow.Tim Gockelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867531470717552039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-65666265102757302002012-08-01T08:08:33.649-05:002012-08-01T08:08:33.649-05:00That's awesome, John D! The Universe speaks! I...That's awesome, John D! The Universe speaks! I can't believe you lasted six months. Did you make $1,600 a week right out of the gate, like they say?William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-81389223796570029172012-08-01T00:17:24.623-05:002012-08-01T00:17:24.623-05:00I thoroughly recognize that experience. I know ex...I thoroughly recognize that experience. I know exactly who you are talking about, I worked for them for 6 weeks. It was quite intense and very, um, educational. As a matter of fact, I think my license to sell insurance just expired a little over an hour ago.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.com